to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
school district; school area
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to increase; to add to; to augment
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
to refuse; to reject; to deny
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to do for (the sake of someone else)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
such; this sort of; like this
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
distrust; unjust suspicion
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
to throw at; to turn; to raise
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)